Electronic Arts has been known to buy smaller companies for several years, but this is a bit of a jump. In a press release today, Executive chairmen Larry Probst said, "We think this is beneficial for Minecraft and for the Minecraft community. He went on to announce that Minecraft would be re-branded as SimCity 5, which promises new features like mob invasions and better performing multiplayer. The amount that Electronic Arts is paying for Mojang and it's games are rumored to be around 12 million US dollars. EA did not comment on the future of 0x10c, Cobalt, or Scrolls (in development games by Mojang) although it is likely they will be scrapped.Source: Electronic Arts
Nice one! Mojang was able to get me but this didn't. Good april fools i would buy a sim city minecraft though.
ReplyDeleteI was fooled... Almost nothing gets past me, but I was fooled...
ReplyDeleteThey mentioned that Colbat and 0x10c were going to be dropped to help fund Battlefield 4 development.
ReplyDeleteNo. If EA buys MC, they will ruin it and make it into a stupid game that they think everyone wants. It will ruin its warmth as a game.
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ReplyDeleteNice one, I nearly had a heart attack XD EA would screw Minecraft up, though.
ReplyDeleteIt was a good thing I pressed the source! I freaked out like mad when I read that.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fail this guy didn't get it
ReplyDeleteApril Fools,i knew it
ReplyDeleteYea, still, his point is that EA would make Minecraft suck.
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